40 h. ago Moment hero police officer ran into burning house to save woman after building was torched in arson attack

Police were called to the blaze in Nottingham on July 19 last year. Footage shows PC James Cantrill rushing into the back of the smoke-filled property.

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62 h. ago Liam Payne's pal Roger Nores' torment trying to save him before moment 'everything went wrong'

Liam Payne's close friend Roger Nores has opened up about the One Direction star's tragic death, revealing that he can finally say his goodbyes after charges against him were dropped

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62 h. ago Funeral held for 2 Detroit kids who died in cold while family gets promise of a home

A group has stepped forward in Detroit to provide a home for the surviving family members of two children who died in a cold van

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64 h. ago Brit who axed pensioner to death in Finland is 'troubled' and has been in and out of jail, his mother says as she reveals he rang her after the incident to tell her 'I'm not guilty'

A British man accused of axing a pensioner to death with an axe in Finland after he was allegedly tied down and raped told his mum: 'I'm not guilty.'

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68 h. ago I love my kids but I regret having them. How can I accept my life as a parent? | Leading questions

It may help to view parenthood as a rapidly changing condition, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith says. It’s also important not to struggle with these feelings aloneRead more Leading questionsI have two children, aged eight and four. I love them both and we live in a mostly happy family with their dad, my partner.We had our children in our early 30s, without really thinking about it or talking it through. I have struggled to find peace with my role as a parent and, though I love my kids, I am increasingly envious of my single friends. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Gabby Petito’s parents speak out about controversial use of AI to recreate her voice in documentary

EXCLUSIVE: Although Gabby Petito’s parents gave permission for her voice to be recreated in the American Murder: Gabby Petito series currently streaming on Netflix, her mother tells The Independent that a fake version of her daughter’s voice was “weird.”

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3 d. ago Incredible moment fearless rescuers save boy, 16, trapped 50ft deep in a vertical mineshaft after his rope broke

Footage shows how selfless rescuers reached the 16-year-old boy and pulled him out of the crevice after securing him into a harness.

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4 d. ago I’m Still Here review – Fernanda Torres’s stoic maternal mask never slips

Emotions hide beneath the surface and horrors lurk behind unseen doors in Walter Salles’s Oscar-nominated tale of the Brazilian disappearedThe subtlety and dignity of Fernanda Torres’s Oscar-nominated performance in Walter Salles’s new film have been rightly praised. This is a kind of mother-courage true story: the case of Eunice Paiva, a Brazilian woman who had to keep her family together and shield her five children from despair when her activist husband Rubens was brutally “disappeared” in 1971 by the military dictatorship. They refused even to admit he had been arrested, or later officially admit his death, in a state-sanctioned act of cruelty which was only finally acknowledged in the mid-90s after decades of campaigning, when the government issued a formal death certificate.I’m Still Here is a drama which intelligently seeks to intuit the courageously maintained calm that Eunice imposes on herself and the children when the thuggish secret police arrive. Torres is effectively t...

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4 d. ago Horror as family dog 'saw red' and wouldn't stop 'until somebody was dead'

Emma Dean, 25, was staying at her mother and father-in-law's house with her three children when the family dog, Bruno, savagely attacked them in Woodchurch, Merseyside

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4 d. ago Mother, 25, tells of moment she had to save her three children after family dog became 'protective'

Petrified mother-of-three, Emma Dean, 25, bravely saved her children when their family dog attacked at her in laws Merseyside home and wouldn't stop 'until someone was dead'.

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4 d. ago Mum's horror as family dog 'saw red' and launched brutal attack

Emma Dean, 25, had been staying at her mother and father-in-law's house with her three children aged nine, seven, and four when the family dog, Bruno, 'saw red' and attacked them

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4 d. ago Hamas says it will hand over bodies of Bibas family and free six hostages

Remains of Shiri Bibas and young sons Kfir and Ariel, whose deaths had not been confirmed, to be returned on ThursdayHamas has said it will release six hostages from Gaza this week and hand over the bodies of four others, including the remains of two young children from the same family whose deaths had not previously been confirmed.Khalil al-Hayya, a Hamas negotiator, said the four bodies to be handed over on Thursday would include those of 32-year-old Shiri Bibas and her sons, Kfir and Ariel, who were nine months old and four years old when Hamas abducted them from the Nir Oz kibbutz during the 7 October 2023 attack that ignited the Gaza war. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Joe Swash reveals 'huge plans' as wife Stacey Solomon disagrees with him

Joe Swash has opened up on his family life with wife Stacey Solomon and their children as he shares their 'big goal' for their £1.3 million Pickle Cottage home.

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5 d. ago Prince William and Kate's holiday on paradise island with strict policy and £27k

Prince William and Princess Kate have reportedly jetted off with their three children for a luxurious family holiday in an island paradise - and the location has a long-standing connection to the royals

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5 d. ago Bereaved mother tells inquiry her baby’s death was caused by ‘putrid hospital’

Sophia died aged 11 days after becoming ill with infection similar to MRSA

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5 d. ago Paris Fury shows off huge age gap between her 7 children in photo from family day out

Paris Fury has given fans a glimpse into her growing family as she shared a stylish photo from a day out, highlighting the huge age gap between her eldest and youngest children

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